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' O. SUPER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

' Letters Patent No. 61,57 6, dated January 2g, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYv CONQERN:

Be it known that I, PHILO O. SoPER, ofHSan Francisco, in the county of San 'Frenoiscm State of Calfoinia, have invented a, new and .improved Hay Knife; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full `and exact description thereof, reference being had -to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in its self-feeding and oblique-cntiting construction, the lpoint A-being ,the feeder; the blade B the cutter; with the bearing of the shank O as the knife is 'inserted its b'ckward inclination is 'prevented by the hey in Contact with the point A, thereby holding the knife to its work. ,The shank Gstnndng pnrnllel tothe point A, with the yielding of thehay gives the knifean oblique direction, -while the operatolj moves the knife perpenklicnlarly.

1.v Thepoint'A in combination with the blade B, to act as a self-feeder.

2. The construction of the blndevB;` y

3. The bearing of the shank C,for the uses .and linrposeslas set forth.

PHILo o. SUPER,

Witnesses: JAS. B. FAITOUTE,

GEORGE T. Purrlson. 

